In search of a kingdom : Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
題名:
In search of a kingdom : Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
著者:
Bergreen, Laurence.
ISBN（國際標準書號）:
9780063062979
版本:
1st Harper Large Print ed.
出版資訊:
New York, NY : Harper Large Print, c2021.
規格:
xviii, 599 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
摘要:
"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"-- Provided by publisher.
主題:
| Privateering -- History -- 16th century. |
| Voyages around the world -- History -- 16th century. |
| Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography. |
| Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography. |
| Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603. |
| Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603. |
| Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596. |
| Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603. |
摘要:
"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--